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Job Hunting: You Gotta Be Bold

Greetings all, Steve here, back again, back on the horse, back in the job market. I should apologise, first of all, for not posting last week. Getting fired can do a number on your confidence and last Thursday I decided to treat myself for lunch instead of brown-bagging it and got some Chinese food. In retrospect, it probably wasn't the best idea to go to UpChuck Wok and I spent most of the weekend honking my guts out while trying to study for exams. I didn't actually get to go out for Halloween, but I did have an exciting weekend.

This is also the key with potential employers. You need to approach them slowly, speaking softly so as not to alarm them, otherwise they might kick you in the face. You want to say calming, encouraging things, like, "That's a good manager, goooooood manager. That's right. Here, have a carrot. That's a good manager." You want to scratch the manager behind the ears, maybe give them some sugar. That way they'll never suspect that you want to put a saddle on them.

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I know your pain. Let yourself reel from the surprise of it all--looks like you've given yourself time to do so. Hang in there, and I'm rooting for you!

One piece of paper-related advice--I got so discouraged from simply writing the same thing over and over about myself on standardized application forms. I took a good application example (appl. to work for the state of Virginia), filled out all the school/experience/etc. stuff, and kept it as a template. I didn't have to gather any info--or remember it :D -- from step 1 each time I applied for a job in person or online.

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